Misconjecture

//mɪskənˈd͡ʒɛkt͡ʃə(ɹ)// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wrong conjecture or guess. archaic

    "I hope they will plausibly receive our attempts, or candidly correct our misconjectures"

Verb
  1. 1
    To conjecture wrongly; to misguess archaic

Synonyms

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errerrormiscalculatemiscalculationmisconstructionmisconstrue

Example

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"I hope they will plausibly receive our attempts, or candidly correct our misconjectures"

Etymology

From mis- + conjecture.

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